Dusky woodcock has been split into two species:
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Javan woodcock
The Javan woodcock (''Scolopax saturata'') or rufous woodcock is a small wader restricted to wet mountain forests on Sumatra and western Java. It nests on a bed of moss in light undergrowth. It has a "roding" display flight like Eurasian woodcoc ...
, ''Scolopax saturata''
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New Guinea woodcock
The New Guinea woodcock (''Scolopax rosenbergii'') is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae formerly considered to be conspecific with the Javan woodcock and called collectively the dusky woodcock. It is endemic to New Guinea and is foun ...
, ''Scolopax rosenbergii''
Birds by common name
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